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Texas Sheet Cake with Zucchini

dclarkabal
A moist deep chocolate lovely cake
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Equipment

  • ½ sheet pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¾ cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2½ cups flour
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 cups grated, drained shredded zucchini

frosting

  • ½ cup butter
  • 6 tablespoon buttermilk
  • 4 tablespoon cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3¾ cup confectioners sugar

Instructions
 

cake

  • Preheat oven 350 degrees. Prepare a jelly roll pan by spraying a half sheet pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Blend together sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs.
  • In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients. Flour, salt, baking soda, cocoa, and cinnamon and baking powder. 
  • By hand or using a mixer add flour mixture to the sugar and egg mixture. Then slowly add milk and zucchini until well combined.
  • Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Frosting

  • In a microwave safe medium sized mixing bowl add the butter, cover, and heat for 1 minute in the microwave.
  • Remove from microwave. Stir in vanilla and buttermilk, place back in the microwave and heat for 30 seconds, stir, then heat for another 30 seconds, stir, heat for 30 seconds and stir and then heat for another 30 seconds.
  • Remove from microwave and stir in cocoa and powder sugar, until well combined. Place back in the microwave and heat for 30 seconds, stir. Heat for another 30 seconds and stir, repeat 1 more time if needed until frosting is smooth and there are no clumps. Pour over brownies, and spread evenly
  • Let frosting cool and harden. slice and serve.